What's funny yesterday is I thought I wouldn't come back here again. And yet...and yet.

That is all this rehab stint is for. To whitewash Ford's behavior. Literally anything bad he's ever done will be blamed on his addiction and is therefore no longer relevant. That's why the Globe's influence peddling story is so important. I hope they uncover more.

Ah, so like the vast majority of the National Post's work on this story, it provides absolutely no interesting new info.

God damn Giroux, what I would give to have a look at your Brazen 2 case file at this stage. What in god's name do you have?

Well that blows. But very glad he's okay.

Someone clearly spooked him. Maybe under threat of dox or worse. That is really very alarming. Sorry if I don't think this is a joking matter.

Good to see Ford's racism had consequences. So, mods. What's going on re: Jimmi?

Well it would be nice of Jimmi or someone to at least let us know he's okay. Remember Lisi's an accused extortionist. These are dangerous people.

Other possibility is Jimmi T got a cease and desist letter.

Yeah I'm a little concerned here. Do the mods maybe know what's going on?

Haven't been here in a while. Someone mentioned Ford getting arrested on his return? Is that legit?

Here's the section on the Smith murder motive in case anyone's interested: Now to me that doesn't look like a substantial change.

You JUST beat me to it. Two thoughts: 1) It's pretty clear Smith's death was a gang beef. Nothing to indicate anything to the contrary. 2) This is an alarming story on the kind of people the mayor associated with via Lisi. He paid for drugs from dangerous gang members capable of murder...

Project Traveller story in the Star tomorrow: https://twitter.com/torstareditor/status/470758871066083328

Jesus you're everywhere.

Amen. The right as fiscally conservative trope has been disproven over and over and over again. NDP governments have run the smallest deficits in Canada, more than PCs and Liberals.

Yeah I can buy this story was a situation of misguided benevolence. Not asking about Ford's comings and goings though strikes me as a lost opportunity.

Does anyone know anything at all about Jasmin?

Check Rinses comment history. I always thought he/she sounded like a teenage boy to me. EDIT: my bad, that was his only comment before or since. Damn.

Did anyone hear this? @jlancasterCBC: Coming up on @CBCToronto: you'll hear from a witness who watched as the OPP moved in on the Mayor's SUV. #sl